Whipkey v. Nicholas

Dent, President:

At March rules, 1897, Calhoun County, James E. Whip-key filed his bill in chancery againstG. W. Nicholas,alleging that by a certain contract in writing, bearing date the 15th day of December, 1890, the defendant sold him a certain tract of land, supposed to contain one hundred and sixteen and one-half acres, at nine dollars and twenty-five cents per acre, and agreed that a survey should be thereafter made, and if there proved to be a deficiency the amount was to be ascertained and deducted from the unpaid purchase money, and if there was a surplus the amount was to be added to…